Polls in Alaska will be the last to close on election day, but there shouldn’t be much suspense over who will win Alaska’s 3 electoral votes, as Donald Trump is expected to win. The state is solidly Republican and hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (Republican) is up for re-election and likely to win.
Competitive House of Representative Elections: Representative Don Young (Republican) is up for re-election and likely to win.
Alaska Political Facts
Governor: Bill Walker (Independent) – Current Term: 2014 – 2018
Senators:
U.S. Representatives: # of Representatives: 1
Electoral Votes: 3
Poll Hours – November 8th, 2016:
- Polls Open: 7 a.m.
- Polls Close: 8 p.m.
- Alaska Voting Information
- Notes: The precinct in Adak, Alaska will be the last polling place in the United States to remain open on Election Day.[3]
Past Alaska Presidential Election Results
| Year | Democratic Candidate | % of Vote | Republican Candidate | % of Vote | ||
| 2012 | Obama | 42% | Romney | 55% |
| 2008 | Obama | 38% | McCain | 59% |
| 2004 | Kerry | 35% | Bush | 62% |
| 2000 | Gore | 28% | Bush | 59% |
| 1996 | Clinton | 33% | Dole | 51% |
| 1992 | Clinton | 30% | Bush | 40% |
| 1988 | Dukakis | 36% | Bush | 60% |
| 1984 | Mondale | 30% | Reagan | 67% |
| 1980 | Carter | 26% | Reagan | 54% |
| 1976 | Carter | 36% | Ford | 58% |
| 1972 | McGovern | 35% | Nixon | 58% |
| 1968 | Humphrey | 43% | Nixon | 45% |
| 1964 | Johnson | 66% | Goldwater | 34% |
| 1960 | Kennedy | 49% | Nixon | 51% |
Alaska State Facts
Population (2010 census): 710,231
Population Rank By State: 48
Population Growth Estimate (2010-2014): 3.7%
Capital: Juneau
Largest City: Anchorage
State Nickname: The state is commonly called The Last Frontier or Land of the Midnight Sun
More coverage of Alaska’s 2016 elections from other news sources:
- Attribution:
- census.gov
- govtrack.us
- FactMonster.com
- state map icons by anbileru adaleru from the Noun Project
- Ballotpedia.org – Poll Hours
- Senate and House CookPolitical.com